It& #39;s been 4 weeks since @GovRonDeSantis moved Florida to Phase 3, abolishing occupancy restrictions at restaurants and bars and making individual penalties unenforceable. Many people predicted doom, so let& #39;s see how things are going.

1. Hospitalizations - hmm, no problem there

2. Cases - some increase, but cases are tracking with an increase in testing.

3. The positivity rate is nearly flat - some data dumps are affecting the 7-day average, but there& #39;s only the slightest increase.

4. CLI - the percentage of emergency department visits for COVID-like illness (purple dots) - has been bouncing between 2% and 3% since the end of August. No increase there.

Ignore the headlines with high numbers of "cases" - there& #39;s nothing to see here. Many people replied last week and said cases were increasing, so hospitalizations and deaths would follow, but there& #39;s been no change in CLI or hospitalizations yet.